Thunderbird Entertainment Group is a global multiplatform production, distribution and rights management company, headquartered in Vancouver, with additional offices in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Ottawa. The former Lionsgate EVP of Television’s credits include Dead Ringers, starring Rachel Weisz (Amazon Prime Video), The Exorcist (Fox), Mad Men, Nurse Jackie, House and 24. Additionally, the Company started crafting a slate of premium scripted dramas with Tuatara Media and Wall.
Both moves build on Thunderbird’s momentum in 2022 that saw the production of Reginald the Vampire (SyFy), which is now shooting a second season, Kim’s Convenience spin-off Strays Season 2 (CBC), and Boot Camp, the film adaptation of the hugely popular Wattpad story of the same name. The optioning of MAD HONEY comes on the heels of the recent establishment of Thunderbird’s L.A.-based scripted development hub and the appointment of Hillary Zwick Turner as SVP, Scripted Content to lead the operation.
Picoult is represented by Laura Gross and WME. Thunderbird CEO and Chair, Jennifer Twiner McCarron, Berkowitz and Tuatara Media principal Barbara Wall will executive produce on behalf of Thunderbird, along with Picoult and Boylan. MAD HONEY is exactly the kind of IP we’re looking for as we build out our premium scripted business, and we are thankful to the team working on this project for bringing it to fruition." "We are so honoured that Jodi and Jennifer gave us the opportunity to bring this powerful story to new audiences. We believe that narratives on this level can truly make a significant impact on the empathy we have for others and how people view their own actions as we co-exist in the world," said Matthew Berkowitz, Thunderbird Entertainment President and Chief Creative Officer.
"Jodi and Jennifer wrote such an incredibly moving story. MAD HONEY remained on the New York Times Bestseller list for six months and was named a Good Morning America Book Club pick, a People Book of the Week and one of Pop Sugar’s Best Books of the Year. Journalist, author and activist Boylan has written 18 books, and her groundbreaking memoir She’s Not There is the first bestselling work by a transgender American. Several of her novels have been adapted for the big and small screen, including My Sister’s Keeper, The Pact and Plain Truth. Picoult has authored 28 titles and sold more than 40 million books globally. What secrets do we keep and what risks do we take in order to become ourselves? Can we ever escape our past? These are the central questions in MAD HONEY, a visceral, heart-wrenching portrayal of young love, teen angst and parental grief and guilt, interwoven with murder and high-intensity courtroom drama.
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